Hicham El Guerrouj
Sandy Koufax
Hicham El Guerrouj
Sandy Koufax
Usain Bolt, Alice Schmidt.
I asked my friend who is Jewish why there were not more Jewish marathoners. After all the Mediterranean region is known for distance running, and the Isrealites historically were nomadic tribesmen.
He replied that for the last 1000 years, the main running done by Jews was from drunken Christian mobs, which did not require distance running, only sprinting and not even very fast sprinting at that.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Doug Flutie. He speaks Arabic too.
Jim Thorpe
Bob Gibson
Wyomia Tyus
Lauren Fleshman
Adam Goucher ain't done yet. When he retired I hope he moves to Dago to join the Culpeppers/Competitor.
Haile Gebreselassie
Keninisha Bekele
Tirunish Dibaba
Sheckey the Sheckle
Jordan Hassay
Stefano Baldini
German Silva
Ingrid Kristiansen
Andre Agassi. Oops my bad. Aggassi is a Caucasian from Iran. Caucasians are not Semitic.
Mr. Obvious wrote:
Haile Gebreselassie
Keninisha Bekele
Tirunish Dibaba
These are the fastest Semites in the world.
Is Solinski Jewish ? I know he's Polish-Mongol but what's his myth profile like ?
Sols wrote:
but what's his myth profile like ?
Semitic is a linguistic designation. It is somewhat intertwined with ethnicity but has nothing to do with religion.
Semitics are an ethnic group. A mixed breed of Black African and White Caucasian peoples. Semitics originate from Mesopotamia.
Ethnicity wrote:
Semitics are an ethnic group. A mixed breed of Black African and White Caucasian peoples. Semitics originate from Mesopotamia.
Semitic languages are a subset of the Afro-Asiatic language family. People who speak Amharic and Tigranya are Semites.
Ethnicity is a somewhat more slippery notion and I do not think most people think of Tigrayna and Amharic people as being of the same ethnicity as Arabs and Jews.
Obama.
Languages may not match genetics. It's documented in the Holy Bible. Semitics are the Sons of Abraham. Jews, Arabs plus many others are Semitics.